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Yup. this one, BEAD.

Mahogany body
Wenge Neck / ebony fretboard
Hipshot Bridge
Bart Passive Thunderbird pup

nice

Looks dope. What are we seeing between the bridge and pickguard?

Looks dope. What are we seeing between the bridge and pickguard?

looks like an old Jazz ground.

Yup, it's an old jazz style ground, I always kinda liked that...so I did it on this one. I took some silver pinstripe to the edges to "schnazz" it up a tad. The color is 78 Oldsmobile silver-green...my buddy Dan (who restores classic cars) shot the finish...nice and thin. I want it to get ratty on the quick... my inspiration for this one was Mike Watt's old main bass, bluey.

This body was the last thing I did before I left EAW...a nice parting gift, eh? v:O)

I have a MaserCam .mill file of it, if anyone is interested, I just gotta find it.

I shifted the neck pocket forward (towards bridge position) about one and a half inches, so 1st position would feel a tad more "natural" (read P-like) when strapped. To be honest, first time I strapped it, it still hung a bit forward, I figured it would, but not half as bad as my first tbird. Warmoth made the neck...real nice one, abalone dots...medium tall frets.

I was going for a pronounced low-mids, grindy tone with this one, I may put a brass nut on it. thoughts?

Nice, clean and neat. Like the ground thing happening.:D

Where'd you get the measurements for the pickup placement?

I may put a brass nut on it. thoughts?

I have them put in all my basses since the 80s, both my 51s have one.

When I saw the pict, Watt came to mind... it's looking killer

Thnx a ton guys! It's settled. Brass nut it is. I was thinking, does anyone still sell the Warwick just-a-nut? That may be a neat thing, but I'd have to mod the nut slot.... :hmm:

And Goldenboy, to be honest, I had the pup shift from original placement towards the bridge, in a more p-like positioon. Why?

I miss my original G&L 1000 with that fat, humbucker tone in that same spot.

The "design" on this bass was easy. I researched online for good res pics of this classic bass (watt's pic on his page was a template too) and then I imported them into a drafting program as a bitmap, and simply splined the outline and pickguard, and basic positions of controls and such...then I pulled the pics away, smoothed out the geometry, and really got into accurate scaling and such.

Then I imported the splinework and stuff into MasterCam, toolpathed it up, and refined the program over a few dummy blanks made out of proto foamboard. Easy Cheesy...the way I like it.

I really like how the Neutrik input looks onnit too...I was skeptical at first.

Oh yeah: I bought the long-shaft pots from Stew Mac, and have Gibson Speedknobs also from Stew, and I was told they would fit on the shafts....as of now, they simply don't. Do I have to sorta bend the knurled portion on the pots in a bit to get the knobs to work, or should I slightly drill out the knobs leaving only a hint of knurl to grab? OR, should I just push like hell until the knobs popon? I really don't want the silver knobs on it...kinda drab.

Thanks again!
Mon